End-gate for wagons.



G. A. PRATT.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZI. I9I8.

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GEORGE A. PRATT, OF COOPERSTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

Application filed May 24, 1918. Serial N o. 236,352.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that' I, GEORGE A. PRATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cooperstown, in the county of Griggs and State of NorthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in End-Gates forWagons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to end gates for wagons, and the object is toprovide a device which will be securely retained in position and willprevent the material being transported in the wagon from being wasted byreason of the vibration of the end gate or the displacement of thelatter. The device is especially useful on Wagons designed fortransporting small grain, but is not limited to that use.

A further object is to provide an end gate having an 'opening thereincontrolled by a slide or trap mounted in a certain novel mannerhereinafter described.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the pivoted Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a detail of a fastening device for the pivoted gate.

The end board proper is designated 10 and is reinforced by cleats 12near opposite ends thereof and on both sides, these cleats on one sidebeing connected at a point midway or substantially midway of the upperand lower edges of the board, by means of a strip 14 of band iron.

A cutaway portion 15 may be of substantially the form shown, thisportion being closed by means of the slide 16 mounted with its endportions 17 and 18 projecting under the cleats, or between the latterand the board 10. Slide 16 carries a device 25 by means of which it maybe` handled and thrown to an open position passing between the strip orband 14 and the board 10. The gate proper is retained in position by arod passing lengthwise thereof and suitably secured.

A gate mounted as described may also be used in connection with largegrain tanks.

gate 16 to the required height. A bracket 29 j on bar 26 includes acentral loop 30 adapted to be engaged by the links of the chain when thelatter has been properly positioned.

.What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the'class described, a gate provided with an opening,a plurality of cleats mounted on the gate near the ends thereof,portions of the cleats being spaced Y from the surface of the gate, astrip eX- tending between the cleats and spaced from the surface of thegate and means for closing said opening and adapted for movement betweenthe strip and the aforesaid kspaced portions of 'the cleats, saidmeanscomprising a member higher-at the central portion thanat the ends, theend portions being cut away, and said member including an offset portionat one lowercorner, and a pin passing through the offset portion formounting the member adjacent to the lower si de of the opening in thegate, the cutaway portions permitting said member to swing angularly onits pivot without being ob-- structed by the cleats.

2. In a device of the class described, a gate provided with an openingtherein, a member pivotally mounted at one lower corner for closing theopening, a bar extending across the upper portion of the member andhorizontally thereof when the member is in closed position, a retainingdevice secured to the gate and including a looped portion, and a chainslidable along the bar, the chain being adjustable with reference to thelooped portion for holding the pivoted member in any adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my si gnature.

GEORGE A. PRATT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

i Washington, D. C.

